The Dark Knight Rises (4K Ultra HD)

Heads up, no real spoilers but may be the longest review ever. If you don't want to read it, just see the movie. By the time you finish reading my review, you could have watched the movie and formed your own opinion. :)I enjoyed all of the Christopher Nolan/Batman Trilogy...but The Dark Knight Rises has to be my favorite. Even though I read Christian Bale is a jerk on some movie sets (total turn off like Justin Biebster), he does play an intimidating Batman and a young, cute Bruce Wayne...much better than the previous Batmen. Now that I'm thinking about it, I prefer to watch Michael Keaton's lips in the original Batman mask more than Christian Bales mouth. Batman Begins was good, but I found Katie Holmes a little unbelievable in her role: sweet and innocent Joey from Dawson's Creek in dark Gotham City (I guess that's why she was replaced). Heath Ledger's performance as the iconic villain The Joker in The Dark Knight was Oscar worthy. Two-Face was whiney and I did the happy dance when he died...or did he?! At least, his whiney face didn't come back in the next movie. Maggie Gyllenhaal was a better choice for Rachel...but she should have chosen Batman, just saying.Anywho, that trip down memory lane leads up to my review of The Dark Knight Rises...my fave!My first thought: Bane is awesome. Bane has strength, some humor, but I also found some compassion and sympathy for him towards the end...the final reveal. Some say his voice is a Sean Connery wannabe. I disagree. After watching the movie, I found a website that had an audio comparison. It's hard to understand what Tom Hardy (aka Bane) was saying before they redubbed. Oh...and for the girls...Tom Hardy...totally hot! Especially since watching his performance in the movie, This Means War.I actually liked watching Anne Hathaway for the first time ever without wanting to punch her in the face. Maybe bc her role was slightly insignificant, or she saved Batman's life. She isn't nearly as hot/sexy as Halle Berry's Catwoman performance and silicone suit, but I liked Anne's hair and little cat ears. Then again, I would prob punch her in the face for how she saved Batman's life (no spoilers here). BTW...those goggles she kept dropping down, totally unnecessary.Joseph Gordon-Whatever is too cute. I just wanted to pinch his cheeks whenever he was on screen and the tv was on mute. I didn't like his Gotham accent. It was like listening to a bad Matt Damon impression. Future Robin maybe?! I'm not so sure he'd be a tights kind a guy...or if I'd want to pinch those cheeks.Ugh, Joseph G-W's "boss", the character named Foley, was annoying and whinier than Two-Face and Foley didn't have half his face melted off. Most of Foley's screen time, he belittles Joseph G-W's character.Gary Oldman continues his role as The Commish Gordon. Mr. Oldman is awesome in any movie he does.Lastly, I thought the visual effects were amaze-balls! Obviously, the most memorable was when Bane blew up the football field. I wish all football games were over that fast. Other effects I thought were cool, maybe not special: bridges exploding around the city, the Bat-cycle with Batman riding it (it looked a little too big for Catgirl to handle), and Bane.Overall, it left the possibility of continuing storylines in the future. If Christopher Nolan decides not utilize his creative writing gift, I think it was a satisfying end to the trilogy.

This is the third and final movie in the Nolan Batman trilogy. The movie is set years down the line from the events of The Dark Knight. Batman has essentially disappeared and Bruce Wayne has become a crippled shut-in, hobbled by injuries from years as Batman. Of course, those two things do not seem to correlate as (seemingly) nobody has any idea who Batman is. However, Gordon who knows (and carries with him an admission) of Batman's innocence in the killings that Two-Face committed, is not exactly looking to track Batman down. When a new threat in the form of Bane (played by Tom Hardy) emerges and threatens the city, Bruce must yet again don the cape and cowl. The movie also includes Catwoman/Selena Kyle, played wonderfully by Anne Hathaway, but much differently than how Michelle Pfeiffer played the role in Batman Returns.There are a ton of Blu-Ray extras. There is a screen app integration that is kind of like a picture-in-picture track that can be played with the movie that acts kind of like a commentary track and kind of like a behind-the-scenes look at making the film. But it is very clunky to use. On the second Blu-Ray discs, which just has extras, there is a feature on ending the trilogy that is split into three main parts, each part having several individual sections. All of the material is very interesting and well worth watching, and in total are probably as long (or longer) in running time than the movie itself.Overall, the series was wrapped up very well. The ending was a bit forced for me, and takes a lot of suspension of disbelief, beyond what you already have to have for a movie like this. It was very well-acted and had tie-ins to the first movie. I know that some people felt the reveal at the end of who was working with Bane was forced but did not mind it. While it was not, in my opinion, as good as The Dark Knight, I think it provided a fitting end to the trilogy and is definitely worth the pickup on Blu-Ray (or on 4K UHD now that it is available in that format).

I really enjoyed this movie lost of action and good story line!

Brilliant sequel and continuation of The Dark Knight. Tom Hardy is so effective as the villain. Nolan's vision of this was stunning to watch. Shocking scenes of disasters that were highly original and transported us into that world. Amazing.